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The Foundry is a special program within Star Trek Online that allows users to make their own episodes, playable by other Captains within STO. To access it, open your Mission Journal, and select “Foundry,” at the top. Every month, we like to spotlight a particularly interesting or unique mission for all of you to experience. This time, we’re spotlighting “Time Will Tell,” by XR-377.

Time Will Tell (ID: ST-HG930DWIE) is a KDF mission that begins when a mysterious anomaly appears in the Kahless Expanse, and takes its captains on a journey through time, space, and a plot that has its tongue firmly planted in cheek. I don’t want to spoil too many of its twists and turns, but be sure to keep a sharp eye out as you play, especially for some of the character names.

Got a mission you think is worthy of being spotlighted in one of our monthly blogs? Submit it to us! After you’ve built it in the editor, there’s an option to submit it for Spotlighting when you export. We hope you enjoy Time Will Tell, and we’ll see you in game, Captains.

Repairs continue on all levels of the starbase, well mostly I am trying to get all the bits to play nice again in this new day, its a bit like the season finale of TNG season 1 when all the cryogenic frozen hewmons were dealing with the 24th century. Anyways, its worth noting this new age also features Foundry Spotlights. Many thanks to STO’s Community Manager Ambassador Kael for going forth and getting these spotlit. The 2 most recent entries are:

“In the Shadow of MIDAS: Part 1” by GreenDragoon and “The Hundredth” by NCC-89471

Congratulations to these guys and all the future authors who shall be spotlit.

It’s our Author Profile show for August. This time, we highlight the work of Drogyn1701. We discuss his mission Under Grey Skies, as well as StarbaseUGC’s six mission series. Our Trek Take 5 discussion focuses on TNG’s The Inner Light. We also announced the winner of our $10,000,000 prize giveaway, and Robert Downey Jr. pays us a surprise visit in the studio(not really). So tune in for all the excitement. You won’t be disappointed. Well, you won’t be very disappointed. I suppose it all depends on what you’re expecting. I’m not a mind reader. Listen anyway. It’s a good episode.

The header says the bulk of it, but as of last evening 6/22/15 (22/6/15 for those in Europe and Stardate 47634.44 for those outside Sol system) all english foundry spotlight missions were unpublished by Cryptic so that authors could make any fixes to them required by the changes to sector space, or general repairs that are required. The period for this should be 2 weeks and all fixes should be submitted by that time. When you have finished your fixes, notify either LaughingTrendy, Zeroniusrex (or both) and remember to resubmit the mission for spotlighting.

Despite an apparent misstep in the republishing effort on Thursday, It can now be stated that Foundry missions are available again for play in Star Trek Online. The editor remains turned off at this time, as are reviews, but this is the normal state of affairs post season update. With luck we will see their return within the coming week, if not sooner.

Today is kinda a big deal day in the Star Trek Online foundry universe. While most of us are reeling from the all too soon loss of Mr. Leonard Nimoy, it was announced this afternoon that we will be getting a great big update to how the sectors in Star Trek Online work. Now we need that the walls were coming down between worlds, but we hadnt really gotten a look at the shape of this. And now as of the blog released today, we have, and it is glorious. And here it is:

What does this mean for us? Two things, firstly we are getting a number of CANON PLANETS added and most especially added as doors. What it also means is that they are rearranging the galaxy to move things to a more canonical location. So smirk also posted this: asking that anyone who needs to rearrange the wording on their missions, to get with him so that this can be arranged for when this goes live

The Current spotlight mission is “Mirror Nova” by afalconer. It is the winner of Foundry Challenge #9 The Mirror of Romulus!

Faction: Federation

Level Requirement: 16+

Mission Summary: When you go on a rescue mission, you find yourself pulled into the Mirror Universe, a universe where the Remans are the dominant race and have subjugated the Romulans. Now they have turned their gaze to your universe. How far are you willing to go to protect all you hold dear?

((To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Federation or Romulan allied with the Federation character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.))

For more information about the Foundry, including how to play community-authored Foundry missions and resources on how to create your own mission, check out this Guest Blog.

This week’s spotlighted mission is “404 Error: Admiral Not Found” by Dougglendower. 2nd Place Winner of our Foundry Challenge #6!

Faction: FederationLevel Requirement: AnyMission Summary: You are ordered to head for the Rho Geminorum system to investigate reports of severe atmopheric outgassing from the third planet in the system. While this is a routine survey mission, it does take place near contested territory. If an emergency arises, your orders may change.

((To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Federation or Romulan allied with the Federation character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.))

Officer testimonials about this mission:

“Excellently written, almost like an episode of TNG.” – @josephlwiess

“This is a great mission with good map designs, some tough, but fun battles, and excellent story dialogue.” – @Evil70th

Hey everyone, according to CaptainSmirk, all of the Fed spotlights that start on ESD have been unlocked for editing repair. Please help get in touch with the affected authors so they can have their spotlights fixed up with a new ESD starting point and then re-spotlit.

His thread is here: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1125601

Faction: Klingon Defense ForceLevel Requirement: 16+Mission Summary: After the disappearance of Empress Sela, the Romulan government has been in turmoil. Factions vying for power threaten the stability of the already fragile Empire. One of these factions believes the only future for the Romulans lies in allying with the Klingons and Federation. Their opinion is not popular and has earned them many enemies with their own people. These enemies have pushed them back to their base of power and threaten to destroy them all. Only you can save them.

((To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon or Romulan allied with the Klingon Defense Force character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.))

For more information about the Foundry, including how to play community-authored Foundry missions and resources on how to create your own mission, check out this Guest Blog.

This week’s spotlighted mission is “The Mayns of Balnar Moon” by Alimac30.

Faction: FederationLevel Requirement: AnyMission Summary: Five months ago, Balnar Moon was plunged into icy darkness as it began passing through the shadow of a gas giant. The ocean covering the moon’s entire surface froze solid and the only structure – a lonely Starfleet research platform – was left to a small team of caretakers. Now it’s time for Starfleet to return… but are the caretakers the only things waiting in the cold on Balnar Moon?

((To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Federation or Romulan allied with the Federation character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.))

For more information about the Foundry, including how to play community-authored Foundry missions and resources on how to create your own mission, check out this Guest Blog.

Faction: Klingon Defense ForceLevel Requirement: 41+Mission Summary: The spoils of war are sometimes not as glorious as the Empire would lead you to believe. Delve deep into the mystery of a 1000 year old vessel drifting along near the KDF front with the Federation and learn the true meaning of Terror.

((To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon or Romulan allied with the Klingon Defense Force character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.))

For more information about the Foundry, including how to play community-authored Foundry missions and resources on how to create your own mission, check out this Guest Blog.

Faction: FederationLevel Requirement: 31+Mission Summary: Your ship is set to rendezvous with one of your shuttles to retrieve several Duty Officers from a routine mission when something goes awry. The shuttle won’t respond to hails and your sensors are jammed. Beam down to the planet to unravel the mystery, confront the paranormal, and fight through a “labyrinth of the mind” to rescue your crewmembers.

((To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Federation or Romulan allied with the Federation character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.))

For more information about the Foundry, including how to play community-authored Foundry missions and resources on how to create your own mission, check out this Guest Blog.

Faction: KlingonLevel Requirement: 35+Mission Summary: On the Klingon-allied world of Ferasa, the Ferasan Clans have always kept their problems to themselves. It is a matter of pride for the Prides to deal with their own. Now, one of the Ferasan clans have made plans for themselves that will affect not only Ferasa but the Galaxy at large. At the behest of the High Council you and two other Ambassadors must unravel the mysterious goings-on of the Ferasans before they unleash their plan on the Galaxy.

((To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon or Romulan allied with the KDF character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.))

For more information about the Foundry, including how to play community-authored Foundry missions and resources on how to create your own mission, check out this Guest Blog.

The latest issue of Star Trek Magazine features spotlights of missions by Captain_Revo, Dixonium, and the late H20rat. You can find more details here.

Other Foundry news: In a new interview with Massively, our new EP had this to say about the Foundry:

At this time, Foundry improvements are being tracked as part of the “fix and improve” strategy. We have a list of highly requested changes and are working to get some of them into each update. I don’t foresee any major new features for Foundry in the coming months, however.

BranFlakes clarified in a thread:

Geko is scheduled to sit down with a Foundry Podcast this weekend to chat about plans for the Foundry in terms of features, etc. — he should have the most up-to-date info.

As an aside, “coming months” in development terms typically means the next 2-3 months. As you all know, development of features, even the porting of existing features, takes time and would be beyond the scope of “the coming months”. Wait to hear what Geko has to say before you get too worried.

Faction: FederationLevel Requirement: 16+Mission Summary: A supply convoy has gone missing while under the protection of your former protégé and close friend, Commander Samantha Taryn. In a time when so much is sacrificed, and so many lives are lost, you will go to extraordinary lengths to bring this one Starfleet officer home.

((To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Federation or Romulan allied with the Federation character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.))

For more information about the Foundry, including how to play community-authored Foundry missions and resources on how to create your own mission, check out this Guest Blog.

This week’s spotlighted mission is “Hero of the Empire” by RogueEnterprise!

Faction: KlingonLevel Requirement: AnyMission Summary: Every once in a while, a soldier of the Klingon Defense Force truly distinguishes themselves on the field of battle, making their honor and bravery known across the Empire, their deeds worthy of song.

You are being summoned to a less than ideal assignment by the Chancellor himself. Are you up to the task of becoming a true Hero of the Empire?

((To play this Foundry mission, log onto a Klingon or Romulan allied with the KDF character, open your Mission Journal (J), and click on ‘Hail’ under the section labeled ‘FOUNDRY’ in the “Overview” tab. You will see that this Foundry mission is spotlighted in that section.))

For more information about the Foundry, including how to play community-authored Foundry missions and resources on how to create your own mission, check out this Guest Blog.